by Maura Fahey | Dec 28, 2018 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Columbia County’s second attempt to open 837 acres of high-value agricultural land along the Columbia River to industrial development. The Port of St. Helens proposes doubling the size of its rural Port Westward... 
by Elliott Davis | Dec 21, 2018 | Features, Where Are They Now?
In this edition of Where Are They Now, we interviewed Megan Gleason, a Development Assistant with Crag in 2015. She is currently an Assistant Project Lead at Winning Mark, a progressive political communications firm in Portland. Megan continues to support Crag as a... 
by Elliott Davis | Aug 6, 2018 | Climate Recent Cases, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Fighting Fossil Fuels Recent Cases, Land Use Recent Cases
Along the Columbia River, Port Westward exhibits a delicate balance between development and agriculture, hosting some of the best farmland in the entire country. Local farmers grow heirloom peppermint, native spearmint, and plenty of delicious blueberries. These... 
by Elliott Davis | Aug 2, 2018 | Features, The Way We Work
In this edition of The Way We Work, I interviewed Regna Merritt, the Healthy Climate Program Director at Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. Oregon PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival by striving to end the nuclear... 
by Elliott Davis | Jul 31, 2018 | Climate Justice News, Climate Justice Recent Cases, Climate Recent Cases
Federal Youth Climate Case – Juliana v. U.S. In 2015, a group of youth plaintiffs, including several Oregon youth, filed a lawsuit in the federal district court of Oregon asserting that through the U.S. government’s affirmative actions that cause climate change...